Classic Women Writers Whitbread Award for Novel (2005) So when the services of

So when the services of famed detective Sherlock Holmes are engaged to ensure the safety of Baskerville heir Sir Henry – recently arrived from America – Dr Watson is surprised to find his friend dismissive of the matter

As he traverses cities

So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness

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Classic Women Writers Whitbread Award for Novel (2005) So when the services ofDescription: Here are two beloved stories from females of the Regency and Victorian era. When Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more